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Table 1 Contextual details of the samples

From: A Raman micro-spectroscopy study of 77,000 to 71,000 year old ochre processing tools from Sibudu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Sample name

Sample type

Lithic affiliation

Layer

Square

Pebble

Stone artefact

Still Bay

RGS2

C4d

Triangular grindstone

Stone artefact

Still Bay

RGS2

C4d

Sb5186

Ochre piece

Still Bay

RGS2

C4d

Sb5167

Ochre piece

Still Bay

RGS brown 2

B4a

Polished stone

Stone artefact

Pre-Still Bay

LBG (H3)

C4b

SbS-LBG-C4b

Sediment

Pre-Still Bay

LBG

C4b

SbS-LBG-C4a-H3(2)

Sediment

Pre-Still Bay

LBG (H3-2)

C4a

Grindstone

Stone artefact

Pre-Still Bay

BS

B4a

SbS-BS-H1-B4a

Sediment

Pre-Still Bay

BS (H1)

B4a

SbS-BS2-B4a

Sediment

Pre-Still Bay

BS2

B4a

Grindstone

Stone artefact

Pre-Still Bay

BS

B5c

Cortical flake

Stone artefact

Pre-Still Bay

BS7 (H4)

B4c

Sb5383

Ochre piece

Pre-Still Bay

BS7 (H4)

B4c

Sbs-BS7-B4c

Sediment

Pre-Still Bay

BS7

B4c

Broken slab-like grindstone

Stone artefact

Pre-Still Bay

BS13

C4a

  1. BS brown sand, H hearth, LBG light brownish grey, RGS reddish grey sand